The Joy of Handspinning – Hand spinningwool into yarn with a spinning wheel or drop spindle

Handspinning is the art of twisting fiber, fleece, or roving of wool, silk, alpaca, angora, mohair, flax, etc. into a continuous thread by using a spinning wheel or drop spindle. The thread is spun thick or thin, plied or un-plied, and can later be dyed or left natural. Handspun yarn is used for knitting, and weaving projects. You can also use unspun fiber for knitting, weaving and felting....

The Woolery offers one of the world's largest selection of equipment and supplies for the fiber artist. Our experienced teachers are available for a variety of fiber-arts related classes - learn to weave, spin, hook, dye, or felt in a group setting or in a private lesson! Check our class schedule out or call to set up solo instruction. Never too late to learn (or improve)! Can't find what you...

Paradise Fibers yarn store that carry a huge selection and has the fasted shipping on Yarn, Knitting Needles, and more. Fast Delivery & Great Service I stumbled across Paradise Fibers because I desperately needed some burly spun Brown Sheep yarn for Christmas cowls, like now, and the one yarn...

I'm a Master hand spinner and an international spinning teacher for nearly thirty years (like Rumplestiltskin, the old man in the fairy tale, except I don't hold babies for ransom). I teach the old skills, spinning fleece into wool yarns and straw into gold. Actually, flax into linen!". A...

"This place is a must visit! Fantastic selection of natural fiber yarns (and others also, but I'm all about the natural stuff!) with very reasonable and competitive prices, nice selection of really cute accessories, needles and notions, Alice is SUPER friendly and accommodating, and it's just a...

Angora Gardens is a family owned, cottage business located in rural, south central Minnesota. We are home to sweet and endearing German, French, & English Hybrid Angora Rabbits sporting the loveliest of wools. Hand blending our harvested angora wool with other fine sheep fibers with an eye for color, softness and texture, is an old world art taking old world time! We source very fine...

Our selection of Norwegian yarns has expanded! We now have Tumi, a fingering weight alpaca/wool blend that is scrumptious. It will substitute in patters calling for Finullgarn or Spindrift. It is the yarn specified in the current issue of Interweave Knits for the Endless Rose Cowl (which will be a shop sample very soon). Did you know that we carry the ENTIRE line of Jamieson’s Spindrift–you...

"most amazing shop in the known world! Every corner is a surprise and the range of supplies is mind boggling. From fleece for felting, finished examples, looms and spinning wheels-you name it, it's here-plus so much you don't know is available. A store to plan a loooong visit to!" Lesley from Australia. Enjoy your visit to the site, check back soon (and "refresh" the site frequently) because we...

International supplier of woollen and wool mixture yarns for knitting and weaving located in Mauritius. From its creation in 1978, Ferney Spinning Mills has been driven by the desire to craft an exclusive product with passion, distinctive by its attention to details. We are universally regarded by the biggest names in the world of knitwear as one of the leading producers of carded yarns in pure...

It’s fun, fast, very satisfying. Projects get finished in timescales to suit today’s busy lifestyle. Spinning arm lengths of yarn at a time is not only very productive, it’s extremely relaxing too. There is always a place that is peaceful – at my wheel – or at my knitting. I’m a discerning person; do my best and like the best. I don’t charge silly money but instead aim to be accessible and...

The Spinning Loft is the go-to source for breed-specific fiber. We stock raw fleece and processed roving and top from a wide variety of breeds and we normally have more than 50 distinct breeds in stock at any time. Here at The Spinning Loft we focus on conservation and heritage breeds from around the world, and work with shepherds to give them an outlet for their wool, thus helping them...

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Discover the highest quality custom carding and spinning services from Battenkill Fibers Carding and Spinning Mill. We also produce products made from 100 percent New York produced wool. Over 25 fiber farmers and their families attended a free workshop on Quality Fleece Production that took place on March 31, 2012 on the Ensign Brook Farm and at the mill. The 2013 workshop was held on April 20....

The store is now closed . . . Thank you all for a wonderful experience over the past 15 years. Take care, have fun and remember that fiber is good for your health in more ways than one. This site is maintained by Shuttleworks Ltd. - Updated December 1, 2016.